Candidates file for area legislative, county seats

Candidate filings closed Monday for the March 20, 2018 general primary election in Illinois. Separate stories were written for the 47th House District.

State Senate

24th District

The 2018 general election for the 24th State Senate District will be a rematch of 2014 when Republican Chris Nybo of Elmhurst won 60 percent of the vote over Democrat Suzanne "Suzy" Glowiak of Western Springs. Neither candidate has a challenger in the primary.

The district includes all or parts of Elmhurst, Oak Brook, Hinsdale, Clarendon Hills and Western Springs.

12th District

The district includes a portion of La Grange, Sen. Steven Landek faces face no primary or general election challenge.

41st District

Includes portions of La Grange, Western Springs, Willowbrook and Darien. Sen. John Curran faces no challenge in the Republican primary, but will face Democrat Bridget Fitzgerald, the Western Springs village clerk, in the general election.

State House

In three Illinois House districts that include portions of La Grange and La Grange Park, Democratic incumbents face no primary challenge and no Republican has filed for the general election.

That includes Rep. Chris Welch in the 7th District, Rep. La Shawn Ford in the 8th District and Rep. Michael Zalewski in the 23rd District.

82nd District

The district includes parts of La Grange, Western Springs, Indian Head Park, Willowbrook and Darien.

Incumbent Rep. Jim Durkin, the House Republican leader, is being challenged by Burr Ridge Mayor Mickey Straub in the March primary.

On the Democratic side, Darien Ald. Tom Chlystek, who works as a senior project engineering at Roush Industries in Woodridge. He will face Elyse Hoffenberg, an attorney and a member of the La Grange-Countryside Elementary District 105 Board, in the primary.

DuPage County Board

District 1

In the Republican primary, incumbents Sam Tornatore of Roselle and Paul Fichtner of Elmhurst are seeking re-election to four-year terms and are being challenged by Paul A. DeMichele of Bensenville and Dino Gavanes of Itasca.

DeMichele is a director of the Bensenville Chamber of Commerce and a member of the Illinois Toll Way Local Area Committee for the Elgin O'Hare Western Access Road.

Gavanes works an insurance agent and is on the board of directors of the Itasca Chamber of Commerce.

On the Democratic side, Ashley J. Selmon and Zahra Suratwala, both of Elmhurst, are unchallenged in the primary.

The district includes portions of Elmhurst.

District 2

In the Democratic primary, incumbent Elizabeth (Liz) Chaplin and Arlene Kendorski, both of Downers Grove, are each seeking one of the two open four-year terms, as is Claire Goldenberg of Lisle.

In 2016, Chaplin beat Republican Richard Blass by 50 votes for a two-year term. She has been on the board since 2012.

Kendorski has worked from 2007-17 as a substitute teacher in Downers Grove Elementary District 58. Goldenberg bills herself as a logistics professional, customs broker, sailor, and golfer on her Twitter page.

The Republican primary is uncontested with Steve Nero of Westmont and incumbent Peter "Pete" DiCianni of Elmhurst on the ballot.

Tully is a litigation partner with the law firm of Akerman LLP in Chicago.

Hart was appointed in September to complete the term of John Curran, who became a state senator. He is a manager at Deloitte Consulting in Chicago.

Abbott is a former assistant attorney general, who since 1997 has had his own law firm in Downers Grove, specializing in civil law.

Broline, who does market research, ran unsuccessfully for the Burr Ridge Village Board in 2015.

The three candidates who filed for the Democratic primary are Mehr Qayyum of Burr Ridge, Julie Renehan of Hinsdale and John Basco of Downers Grove.

Renehan is an attorney who volunteers her legal expertise at the Pro Bono Network, where she also serves on the board. The organization offers free legal advice to low-income people.

Basco works for the Radiological Society of North America in Oak Brook, where he handles the organization's digital strategy and website.

The district includes all or parts of Burr Ridge, Clarendon Hills, Darien, Hinsdale and Willowbrook.

DuPage County Forest Preserve

District 1

Republican incumbent Marsha Murphy of Bloomingdale will run unopposed in the primary and no Democrat has filed for the general election.

District 3

Incumbent Linda J. Painter of Willowbrook, who has been on the board since 2008, is running unopposed in the Republican primary.

Irfan M. Ibrahim of Hinsdale is the only person to file as a candidate in the Democratic primary.

Cook County Board

District 16

The district covers parts of La Grange and La Grange Park.

Incumbent Democrat Jeffrey Tobolski is unopposed in his primary. No Republican has filed for the general election.

District 17

The district covers much of Western Springs, Indian Head Park, La Grange, La Grange Park and the Cook County side of Burr Ridge.

Incumbent Republican Sean Morrison in unopposed in his primary. He was appointed in July 2015 to serve out the remainder of Elizabeth "Liz" Doody Gorman's term after she left the board to take a job in the private sector.

Abdelnasser Rashid of Justice filed as a Democrat to run in the primary. Rashid is deputy chief of staff for Cook County Clerk David Orr and was deputy state director for presidential candidate Bernie Sanders' Illinois campaign. Also filing as a Democrat is Steve Spagnolo of Willow Springs.